Congratulations to the team at Barrington for reaching a significant milestone!

The landfill operation at our former quarry at Barrington has been receiving regular trains of inert spoil from tunnelling works being carried out at Willesden Euro Terminal for the HS2 project, and now the 750,000th tonne has been received! This milestone is a testament to the hard work put in by our team, in partnership with the SCS Railways Logistics team.

This achievement also highlights the hugely important role that rail logistics plays in the success of major construction projects, such as HS2. Moving spoil by rail has provided huge environmental benefits through the reduction in carbon emissions and air pollution by taking c. 40,000 lorry loads off the UK road network.

Each train comprises of 20 wagons, each carrying an average 74 tonnes of spoil. Currently, two trains a day arrive at Barrington and this will increase to between four and five trains a day once our Parkfield railhead comes on stream this year.